カテゴリー: The moon
Resilience would have made history as the first non-US commercial lander to make a successful touchdownAn attempt to land a commercially built spacecraft on the surface of the moon looked to have ended in failure on Thursday, two years after its predec…
On Tuesday, China’s Chang’e-6 lunar mission achieved a milestone as its re-entry capsule successfully landed in Inner Mongolia, retrieving the first samples from the moon’s far side. The capsule made its touchdown at 2.06 pm Beijing time, bringing back…
Re-entry capsule containing precious cargo from mission has parachuted into Inner MongoliaChina has become the first country to gather samples from the far side of the moon and bring them back to Earth in a landmark achievement for the Beijing space pr…
Spacecraft to collect samples from rarely explored area before attempting unprecedented liftoff from ‘dark side’ for trip homeChina’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe has successfully landed on the far side of the moon to collect samples, state media reported on…
As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its advancementsChina to launch ambitious moon missionThe worsening rivalry between the world’s two most powerful countries that has i…
China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon in a world first, part of its goal to land a human on the lunar surface by 2030. A rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang space launch centre i…
The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon – in a world first – as part of its goal to land a human on the lunar …
Unmanned Slim spacecraft responds to signal from Earth after touching down at awkward angle in JanuaryJapan’s moon lander has responded to a signal from Earth, suggesting it survived the two-week lunar night, the country’s space agency has said.The unm…
Japan has become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon after its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) made a successful landing on Friday. Hitoshi Kuninaka, the head of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, said: ‘We are also abl…
On 2 September, the Vikram lander and Pragyan rover were put into ‘sleep mode’ to protect their electrical components during the brutal two-week nightHopes are fading for the “re-awakening” of India’s moon lander after Indian scientists were unable to …
Isro, the Indian space agency, has released footage of the Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram completing a hop experiment, shortly after the spacecraft made a historic landing on the moon’s south poleIndia’s south pole moon landing is big business for global …
The success of Chandrayaan-3 goes well beyond providing images from the moon’s south pole“I let out an involuntary whoop when it landed,” my friend Shivansh told me. He was travelling on London Underground at the time. “Everyone on the tube was staring…
Solar-powered vehicle will spend two weeks roaming lunar surface to help scientists understand geology of moonIndia’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft has rolled its rover on to the moon’s surface after its successful landing at the lunar south pole.The Indian…
India has raised its spacefaring profile and will now be seen as low-cost provider for missions possibleFor all the risks, for all that was riding on a successful landing, the descent to the moon’s surface was remarkably uneventful, if not exactly stre…
Vikram lander touches down at lunar south pole shortly after 6pm India time India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, in a historic moment that drew cheers at watching parties around the count…